Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Z�topek 9781472920249, 9781472920232, 1472920244

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Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse 9780593496718, 9780593496701, 059349671X

The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil Wa

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The Life and Times of Major Dhyanchand

Major Dhyanchand's name is synonymous with Indian hockey. The great hockey player was born on 29th August; 1905 in

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Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s 9780198021698, 0198021690

Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on modern Russian history. Fo

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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy 9780691214139

For generations, influential thinkers--often citing the tragic polarization that took place during Germany's Great

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Chaucer: The Life and Times of the First English Poet

'A genuinely fascinating book, the best kind of popular history' Literary Review This first, and some would

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Life and Times of Mr S 9789350294093

'Life and Times of Mr S' worked for me like magic. It unsettled my notion of what was real, what possible, and

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The Life and Times of the Shah 9780520942165

This epic biography, a gripping insider's account, is a long-overdue chronicle of the life and times of Mohammad Re

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The Life and Times of Alfred the Great 9780849005237

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Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead

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